Shloka 104

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

कैवल्यं चैव निर्वाणं निःश्रेयसम् अनुत्तमम् अमृतं चाक्षरं ब्रह्म ह्य् अपुनर्भवम् अद्भुतम्

Transliteration

kaivalyaṃ caiva nirvāṇaṃ niḥśreyasam anuttamam amṛtaṃ cākṣaraṃ brahma hy apunarbhavam adbhutam

Translation

C’est bien Kaivalya — le Nirvāṇa, le Bien suprême et sans égal (niḥśreyasa) : l’Immortel, l’Immuable Brahman ; l’état merveilleux où nul retour à la renaissance n’existe.

Word by Word

• कैवल्यम्: absolute aloneness/liberation

• च एव: and indeed

• निर्वाणम्: extinction of bondage, final release

• निःश्रेयसम्: the supreme good leading to liberation

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed

• अमृतम्: deathless/immortal

• च: and

• अक्षरम्: imperishable

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute

• हि: truly/indeed

• अपुनर्भवम्: non-return (no rebirth)

• अद्भुतम्: wondrous, beyond ordinary comprehension

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s moksha teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)